Before any song, before any scale — there are basics that will protect your body and build your technique. Get these right from day one.
The 3 Elementary Advices
Finding Your Perfect Sitting Position
Why it matters — Good posture prevents fatigue and injury — helping you play longer and better.
How to do it — Sit at the middle of the piano. Forearms parallel to the floor. Elbows level with the white keys. Move your arms freely.
💡 Ear → shoulder → hip in a straight line. If you can draw that line, you've got it right.
The Natural Hand Shape
Why it matters — Proper hand position gives you control and prevents strain.
How to do it — Imagine holding a small orange. Fingers gently curved, wrists level, thumbs pointing toward the keys.
💡 Rest your hands on your knees — that natural curve is exactly what you want on the keys.
Making Friends with Middle C
Why it matters — Middle C is your anchor. From it, you find everything else.
How to do it — Find the group of two black keys in the center. Middle C is the white key just to the left. Right thumb goes there first.
💡 Mark it with a small sticker until you can find it naturally.
Naming the Notes
Every white key has a name: C, D, E, F, G, A, B — then back to C. Seven notes, repeating.
The black keys? You learn them from the white keys. Each black key is either a sharp (#) or a flat (b) of the white key beside it.
Practice them on our interactive challenge — visual, fast, and effective.
Up next
Day 3 → You can name every key. Now let's group them into their first family: scales.